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Voprosy Onomastiki

Ural Federal University · Russian Federation · Est. 2005

ISSN1994-2400eISSN1994-2451

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.263

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.126

Total Worksi

443

Total Citationsi

642

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Voprosy onomastiki (Problems of Onomastics) publishes original research papers on all aspects of onomastics: theory of proper names and methods of onomastics; lexicography of proper names (presentation of old and new dictionaries); source studies in onomastics; functioning of proper names in different contexts: in dialects and popular language, in folklore and literature, in scientific and administrative discourses; historical studies of anthroponyms and toponyms (including the study of substrate toponymy); onomastics as a cross-road of different disciplines (history, archaeology, ethnology, geography, anthropology, ethnolinguistics, etymology, regional studies, etc.); methods of documentary fieldwork and data processing in onomastics. Preference is generally given to the Slavic, Finno-Ugric, Romance, Germanic, Baltic, Celtic and Turkic languages. However, authors are invited to contribute papers on other languages as well. Additionally, the journal publishes materials of discussions, conference reviews, expedition reports, memoirs on renowned onomatologists, books, journals and dissertation reviews, bibliographies, information on forthcoming scientific events in the field of onomastics.

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary LanguageRussian

1st Year Published2005

Frequency3 times per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications443

Publisher OrgIzdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~30 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ural Federal University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1994-2400 / 1994-2451

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Russian

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

119

2019

108

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationLinguistics and language evolutionRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsLinguistics and Cultural StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityLanguage, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesLiterature, Language, and Rhetoric StudiesNames, Identity, and Discrimination ResearchSociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaLanguage and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Voprosy Onomastiki

Is Voprosy Onomastiki a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Voprosy Onomastiki: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Voprosy Onomastiki?

Voprosy Onomastiki is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.38.

Is Voprosy Onomastiki indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Voprosy Onomastiki is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Voprosy Onomastiki?

How much does it cost to publish in Voprosy Onomastiki?

Voprosy Onomastiki is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.